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Wednesday, May 14, 2025
AmeriCorps cuts hit Racine Zoo
From The Journal Times.com:
Holly Gilvary
Holly Gilvary
RACINE — Racine County public school districts will continue to receive free educational programs at the Racine Zoo next school year, but they might look a little different, according to the zoo.
The Racine Zoo AmeriCorps Program is one of the several Serve Wisconsin programs being terminated because of federal spending cuts.
AmeriCorps placed most of its staff members on administrative leave with pay in April as President Donald Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency cut the program’s funding, according to reporting from the Associated Press.
On April 25, the Trump administration terminated federal grants for all currently operating AmeriCorps programs within Serve Wisconsin, according to a release from Gov. Tony Evers’ office.
Evers announced April 29 that Wisconsin would join several states in suing the Trump administration over the spending cuts.
The Racine Zoo AmeriCorps Program, established in 2019 through Serve Wisconsin, provides educational programs for kindergarteners, third graders, fourth graders, seventh graders and ninth graders in Racine County public school districts.
RZAP members also held pop-up educational programs for all ages and assisted the zoo’s animal caretakers.
The program contracted four AmeriCorps members per year. Those enrolled in the 2024-25 program, which would have normally ended in August, were effectively laid off April 25 upon the Trump administration’s termination of grants for Serve Wisconsin programs.
Racine Zoo Executive Director Beth Heidorn clarified that, while the RZAP program members are no longer with the Zoo, the RZAP-specific programs will probably still continue alongside the zoo’s other educational programs, but the zoo “will be able to do far less.”
“We’re never going to say (that) we’re never going to do (the kindergarten program), Classification Cadets, because we would never do that to the school district,” Heidorn said. “We’re always going to do these programs, it’s just a question of how many we can do, going forward.”
With the AmeriCorps cuts coming at the end of the 2024-25 school year, most RZAP participants won’t feel the effects until the fall, when the 2025-26 AmeriCorps program would have started.
Heidorn said that while she wasn’t “surprised” by the funding cuts to AmeriCorps, it was “just very abrupt.”
“With all the other things that were being impacted from the federal government, no one’s immune,” she said. “I just feel bad for the (AmeriCorps) members … I couldn’t do anything about it. Federal government said the program is done, and we had to honor that.”
In the meantime, Heidorn said, the zoo will “just keep fighting for money.”
Other AmeriCorps programs cut in Southeast Wisconsin include the statewide Wisconsin Math Corps and Reading Corps, and Public Allies Wisconsin, which serves Racine, Kenosha and Milwaukee counties, according to the Serve Wisconsin website.
For more information about the Racine Zoo and its programs, visit www.racinezoo.org.
Friday, May 9, 2025
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Cops Gone Wild: Greenfield assistant police chief named acting chief after Chief Jay Johnson placed on leave
From JSOnline:
Adrienne Davis
Adrienne Davis
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
The City of Greenfield has appointed an acting police chief following the announcement that Police Chief Jay Johnson was placed on paid administrative leave.
The Greenfield Police and Fire Commission appointed Assistant Police Chief Eric Lindstrom to be the acting chief on April 30, according to meeting minutes.
Johnson was placed on leave April 25 pending a review of “workforce concerns,” according to the city.
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel has submitted open records requests to the city to obtain more information.
According to the city’s website, Lindstrom has been with the department since 2003. He has served as a field training officer, K-9 handler and SWAT team member, and is certified to instruct officers in several specialized enforcement areas.
He was promoted to patrol sergeant in 2015, detective sergeant in 2017, and later to captain and tactical commander, overseeing critical incident responses.
Since 2020, Lindstrom has also served as the team commander for the Milwaukee Area Investigative Team, leading investigations into officer-involved deaths.
Got any tips or stories to share? Contact Adrienne Davis at amdavis@gannett.com. Follow her on X at @AdriReportss.
Thursday, May 1, 2025
Wednesday, April 30, 2025
Cops Gone Wild: Greenfield police chief placed on paid leave pending review of workplace concerns, city says
From JSOnline:
Adrienne Davis
Adrienne Davis
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Greenfield's police chief has been placed on paid administrative leave pending a review of workplace concerns, and the city's Police and Fire Commission will be appointing an acting police chief, according to the city.
Chief Jay Johnson was placed on leave April 25, Greenfield Mayor Michael Neitzke said in an April 30 statement issued by the city in response to media inquiries.
Neitzke said the city is conducting an "independent review of recent workplace concerns."
“Our priority is to ensure a thorough, fair process and to maintain the continued safety and effective service of the Greenfield Police Department for our community,” Neitzke said in the statement.
When contacted by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Neitzke said he had no further information to share.
The city scheduled a special Police and Fire Commission meeting for 6 p.m. April 30 to discuss the appointment of an acting police chief, according to the agenda.
Inquiries to the Greenfield Police and Fire Commission were not immediately returned.
Johnson was appointed chief on April 4, 2019, according to the City of Greenfield's official website. He began his law enforcement career in March 1992 after serving two years with the Town of Brookfield Police Department.
He was promoted to sergeant in 2001, lieutenant in 2008 and captain in 2012.
This story will be updated.
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